Where Michigan holds a conference
Where to put an event in Michigan. 48 cities, 516 venues, and the practical differences between them.
Michigan Stadium states the largest capacity in the state. The dots show what event67 would bill at that head count, and where the price stops.
Michigan in figures
Michigan is a state of United States of about 10 million people. Lansing is the capital, though Detroit is the largest city.
The mapped inventory comes to 34 exhibition or convention halls, 81 dedicated conference and function spaces, 67 arenas and stadiums, 51 theatres and concert halls and 283 independent event spaces.
The largest stated capacity anywhere in the state is 107,601, which is the practical ceiling for a single-room programme here.
- Capital
- Lansing
- has a guide
- Largest city
- Detroit
- 646,000 people
- Cities covered
- 48
- 40 with their own guide
- Venues mapped
- 516
- 34 convention or exhibition
One time zone across the whole state: Detroit time (America/Detroit). Publish the schedule in it and nothing else needs saying.
The largest venues in Michigan
Ranked by stated capacity, then by how much the record can prove. Open data rarely publishes a capacity for a convention centre, so a hall may sit below an arena here without being the smaller room.
| Venue | City | Type | Stated capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan Stadium | Ann Arbor | stadium | 107,601 |
| Spartan Stadium | East Lansing | stadium | 75,005 |
| Ford Field | Detroit | stadium | 70,000 |
| Comerica Park | Detroit | stadium | 40,120 |
| Kelly/Shorts Stadium | Midland | stadium | 32,885 |
| Rynearson Stadium | Ann Arbor | stadium | 30,200 |
| Waldo Stadium | Kalamazoo | stadium | 30,200 |
| The Palace of Auburn Hills | Pontiac | arena | 22,076 |
| Ferry Field | Ann Arbor | stadium | 18,000 |
| Jack Breslin Student Events Center | East Lansing | arena | 14,797 |
| Crisler Center | Ann Arbor | arena | 13,684 |
| Van Andel Arena | Grand Rapids | arena | 13,184 |
Michigan city by city
48 in the dataset, largest first. Each guide covers that city's venues, its airport, its local time and a worked price for an event of that size.
| City | Population | Venues mapped |
|---|---|---|
| Detroit | 645,705 | 93 |
| Grand Rapids | 200,117 | 30 |
| Warren | 137,686 | 11 |
| Sterling Heights | 134,342 | 8 |
| Ann Arbor | 122,925 | 36 |
| Lansing | 114,336 | 16 |
| Dearborn | 106,377 | 9 |
| Clinton Township | 99,753 | 6 |
| Livonia | 93,113 | 4 |
| Troy | 89,209 | 3 |
| Canton | 86,825 | 1 |
| Farmington Hills | 84,173 | 4 |
| Westland | 82,745 | 10 |
| Flint | 79,735 | 20 |
| Wyoming | 78,559 | 3 |
| Rochester Hills | 78,330 | 4 |
| Southfield | 76,874 | 6 |
| Waterford | 75,737 | 5 |
| Shelby | 74,099 | 2 |
| Kalamazoo | 73,290 | 17 |
| Novi | 67,675 | 5 |
| West Bloomfield Township | 64,690 | 2 |
| Pontiac | 62,528 | 9 |
| Taylor | 61,544 | 15 |
| Royal Oak | 58,251 | 5 |
| Saint Clair Shores | 58,077 | 1 |
| Kentwood | 54,768 | 10 |
| Battle Creek | 52,205 | 11 |
| East Lansing | 48,964 | 11 |
| Saginaw | 43,001 | 7 |
| Midland | 42,780 | 11 |
| Muskegon | 37,287 | 9 |
| Holland | 35,023 | 16 |
| Bay City | 32,086 | 8 |
| Jackson | 30,920 | 4 |
| Port Huron | 28,342 | 5 |
| Okemos | 21,369 | 1 |
| Monroe | 20,177 | 5 |
| Haslett | 19,220 | 3 |
| Traverse City | 15,782 | 25 |
4 more towns have a venue worth its own guide
The town itself is too thinly mapped for a city guide, but the venue publishes enough to stand on its own.
- Alpena: Rogers City Theater, Alpena CRTC Collins Center, Maltz Opera House, Northern Lights Arena, McRae Park Hall
- Gaylord: Castle Farms, BJ's Event & Conference Center
- Mackinaw City: Taffy Abel Arena (4,000), Little Bear East Arena, Little Bear East Convention Room, Soo Theatre
- Watersmeet: Calumet Theatre, Eagle River Stadium, Vista Theater, Northwoods Conference Center, South Range Community Building
Also in Michigan, with nothing mapped yet to build a guide from: Dearborn Heights, Grayling, Houghton Lake and Prudenville. They appear here rather than as pages with three facts on them.
What an event costs here
A Michigan programme at 950 activated attendees — sized to Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor, the largest stated capacity in the Michigan dataset — prices like this. Nothing is charged for the first 50, and nothing at all is charged past 1,000.
- activated attendees
- 950activated attendees
- billable, after the free 50
- 900billable, after the free 50
- for the whole event, at $5 each
- $4,500for the whole event, at $5 each
Where this data comes from
- Geographic data © GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Venue data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.
- Administrative attributes and the population figure from Wikidata, CC0 (Wikidata (P1082)).
- City populations are US Census Bureau Vintage 2024 estimates.
- Retrieved 3 September 2026. event67 has no commercial relationship with any venue listed.
Last updated
What it costs
- Free up to 50
- activated attendees, on one live event
- $5
- per activated attendee beyond 50
- $4,750
- the most one event can ever cost, whatever happens past 1,000
Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.
Questions people actually ask
Which Michigan city is best for a conference?
It depends on how many people you need to seat and how they arrive. Detroit has the deepest venue list in this state, while Lansing, the capital, carries the government and association calendar. The table above ranks every covered city by how many venues are mapped in it, which is the closest proxy to choice you will get before you start calling.
How many event venues are there in Michigan?
516 venues across 48 cities are mapped in this dataset, of which 34 are convention, exhibition or conference facilities. That is what open data records, not a complete registry — small function rooms inside hotels and community buildings are consistently under-mapped everywhere.
What does event67 cost for a Michigan event?
950 activated attendees means 900 billable after the free 50, so $4,500 for the event. The rate is $5 per activated attendee beyond the first 50, and the total for one event stops at $4,750 however many more attend. Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.
What is the biggest venue in Michigan?
Michigan Stadium, at a stated 107,601. That is the practical ceiling for a single-room programme anywhere in the state; above it you are splitting the audience across buildings or looking outside Michigan.
Keep reading
Start with a city
- Hosting an event in Detroit
93 venues mapped
- Hosting an event in Grand Rapids
30 venues mapped
- Hosting an event in Warren
11 venues mapped
- Hosting an event in Sterling Heights
8 venues mapped
- Hosting an event in Ann Arbor
36 venues mapped
- Hosting an event in Lansing
16 venues mapped
Running something in Michigan?
Pick the city, then let the app do the schedule, the invites and the arrivals. Free for your first 50 activated attendees.